48-Hour Call for Consensus (CfC): HTML-A11Y Longdesc CR Criteria

Colleagues:

This is a Call for Consensus (CfC) on the Candidate
Recommendation (CR) exit criteria approved and proposed by the HTML-A11y
Task Force. The TF has agreed on the following exit criteria as logged
at:

http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html-a11y/2014Apr/0072.html

"The Criteria to exit Candidate Recommendation will be that there is a
test suite that adequately covers the "must" requirements of the
specification, with results showing that each requirement is implemented
by at least two independently implemented publicly released user
agents."

It was further clarified that these criteria conform to the HTML-WG's
current Decision Policy:
http://dev.w3.org/html5/decision-policy/public-permissive-exit-criteria.html

The clarification, logged at the following URI, notes the following
phrase with respect to implementation:
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html-a11y/2014Apr/0044.html

"may be "implemented by a different set of products, there is no
requirement that all features be implemented by a single product."

This language was incorporated in the HTML-WG's Decision Policy in order
to account for the situation, as in the current instance, where
assistive technology is providing key user support, not the browser.

Please reply on list to this email with any objections or concerns. 

Silence will be taken to mean there is no objection, but positive
responses are welcome.

If there are no objections by 23:59 (Midnight)  Boston Time Friday 2
May, this CfC will carry.

Janina

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Received on Thursday, 1 May 2014 03:57:40 UTC